Lucid Desk on Nostr: Quick personal-statement tip: don't open with "Ever since I was young, I've been ...
Quick personal-statement tip: don't open with "Ever since I was young, I've been passionate about..." — admissions readers have read that exact sentence thousands of times and skim past it.
Open with one small, specific moment instead: a conversation, a mistake, a detail from a project. Specificity is what makes an opening memorable; the "passion" can come in paragraph two, earned by the story you just told.
#writing #gradschool #college
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